Taking a Quantum Leap

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Published: Wednesday, 27 February 2019 09:30

Written by Mark Kuhar

Feb. 27, 2019 – If you are U.S. Concrete, that Polaris acquisition is paying huge dividends. For 2018, the company's Aggregate products revenue increased a totally crazy 101.3 percent to $182.6 million. Aggregate products volume increased 79.3 percent to 11.1 million tons. For the fourth quarter of 2018, Aggregate products revenue increased 59.5 percent to $46.4 million. Aggregate products volume increased 41.0 percent to 2.7 million tons. "Polaris continues to provide the performance we expected, although on a much more accelerated pace than we originally expected," said William J. Sandbrook, chairman, president and chief executive officer. That is an understatement to say the least.

Mark S. Kuhar, Editor

Mark S. Kuhar, based in Ohio, is the editor of Rock Products, Cement Americas and Frac Sand Insider. After graduating from Ohio University, and working in industrial and public service jobs for several years, he began his editorial career in 1987 as an assistant editor on Pit & Quarry and Concrete magazines. Since taking over the helm of Rock Products, he has continued to develop new products to serve the aggregates industry, including the Crushing & Breaking Spec Guide, Frac Sand Insider e-newsletter, Frac Sand Insider Conference and Expo, the Rock Products Latin American Aggregates Seminar at ConExpo Latin America, The Aggregates Almanac and the International Cement Seminar. SEMCO Publishing, with Rock Products, Cement Americas, Concrete Products and The Asia Miner, is the market share-leading publisher of print advertising and digital content for the construction-materials industry.